Apparatus for bonding rails.



A. B. HBRRICK. APPARATUS FOB BONDING- RAILS.

PrLIouIox FILED Dnc. 1'1, 1904.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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is fa/wg l A. B. HERRIGK. APPARATUS FOB BONDING RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED DLO. 17, 1964.

915,292.- Patented Mar.16,19o9.

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A. B. HBRRICK.

APPARATUS FOB. BONDING RAILS. PPLIOATION FILED No.1?, 1904.

i A. B. HERRIGK. APPARATUS FOB BONDING RAILS. APPLIOATIONHLBD 1120.17, 1904.

Patented Mame, 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE- ALBERTv B. HEREI'cK, on cLEvELAND, OHIO, AssIeNnE. To THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, oF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OE OHIO.

APPARATUS Fon EoNmNenArLs.

lSpecification o! Letters Pi'a'itet Patented ivm-mnv 16, 1.909.

Appiicmon nled'neeember 17, 1904i 4 seriaff'no. 237,353.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. HEERIG'K, a citizen of the United States, resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful 'lmprovement in Apparatus for Bonding Rails, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein eX- plained and the best Inode inwhich I have contemplated applying that principle, so asA to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to devices for performing mechanical and other operations upon therails of a car track and particularly to the application of copper bonds to the abutting ends of such rai s.

The object of this invention is to perform such operation in an efficient and economical manner. i

Said invention consists ofineans hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly set'forth in the claims.

The annexed drawings and the following- .description set forth in detail certain means embodying my invention, such disclosed means constituting but one of the various mechanical forms in which thepi'inciple of the invention may be used'.

In said annexed drawings :.-Figure 1 rep-v resents a longitudinal vertical section Of the middle portion of a car embodying my inventio as adapted -for use in bonding rails, portions cut by the lane of section being shown in' elevation. hig. 2 represents a 'vertical transverse section of such car, taken upon the plane indicated by line ,2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a 'horizontal section of the central portion of said car, taken upon` the plane indicated by lines 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a vertical longitudinal section upon an enlarged scale, ofthe central portion o said car. transverse section taken upon the plane indicated-by line 5-5, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 represents horizontal section upon a still fur# ther enlarged scale, taken upon the plane indicated by line 6-6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 represents an enlarged detailsection taken upon the plane indicated by line` 7--7, Fig. 4. Fig. 8 represents an enlarged detail section of one of the tool-holding heads, taken upon the plane indicated by line 8-8, Fig. 4, and Fig. 9 represents an enlarged detail side elevation of a portion of such tool-holding head.

The car-body A embodied inthe structure,

Fig. 5f represents a vertical is provided with a single truck A which supports the' car frame, as shown in Fig. 41. Such frame includes two side sills a a, uponwhich is laid the flooring a, the latter being formed with a central rectangular opening a2 formi ing an open space between thebolsters asas and lthe wheels a4 a4. of the truck. Brace beams ai a5 support the ends ofthe sills and are provided with suitable struts to form trusses for thecar, as will be readily under-r the end portionsl of this shaft are ournaled the bearingl portions c, c, respective y, of two depending toolfholding frames or heads C,y C, Fig. 2. These frames are each of segmental form and include the bearing portion c, main arms c. c, lower tooleplate r2, anda suitable brace member c3. In addition tothe named parts, each ,tooleholding head is provided with other partsv hereinafter fully described. Each bearingf Ortion c of the head has mounted in it t e upper end of arod D u on which is secured a pinion d which Ines es lwith a rack b2 cut in the adjacent artof the shaft B, Fig.v 6. The lower cnrs of these rods are vprovided with'hand wheels d by means' of which they may be respebtively rotated. It will therefore be seen that the tool-holdin heads may be manually moved longitudine y of shaft Bto assume a variety of positions thereon.

p The pinions d are made comparatively small so -that when the heads are set in a given position Iby means of the hand-wheel d@ "lowerdportion of such heads, may hence .be

Acause to exert continuous pressure against a fixed surface suchas the side ofthe rall.

Each head is provided with a segmental rack c4, which is engaged by a worm e mounted in a frame E, Fig. 9. This worin is rigidly attached to or formed with a bevel-geare, meshing with a second bevel gear c5 also Tio' ' ing and heating the rail-bonds, and a pneu- 1 witha rotary transformer G, an electrically mounted in said fram-e.-l The irbor of the latter 1s provlded with a hand crank c by means 'of which the worm may be rotated.

- Each franEgs slidably mounted upon two studs (18,11%, projecting ina direction transverse relatively to the car and fixed to the inside of the. adjacent side-sills a, as shown in Fig. 8.- In the upper side of such frame is milled a slot c3 in'which is seated a segmental guiding member' c7, the latter being fixed to lthe corresponding head C, Fig. 4. .ly means of such described construction it will be seen that frame E is caused always to move transversely of the car at such times as such transverse movement is impartedto the head C'by meansl of hand-wheel d. The racks c4L and their engaging worms are hence always kept in proper engagement with one another. lt will further be noted. thatv'the above described structure permits each toolholding head to be swung about the axis of shaft B, bymeans of the rack-.and-worm con- -str.uction, to assumev various Lfixed positions, f as well. as permitting each head to be moved longitudinally of said shaft, that is, trans-4 'v'ersely of the car.

The lou-'ertooLplate t2 of eachv head proy lvided with a number of'holes-by means o f which latter various tools, such asa clamping and electrical heating device F for clampmatic chisel FI for cleaning ofi' the surface of .the rail, may belattached. For supplying suitable electrical current and pneumatic pressure for these tools, the car is provided operated 'air-compressor H and connected storage reservoir H', and suitable electrical and pneumatic connections, as will be readily understood. Switch-boards ,G and G2 are located adjacent to the central openingin the 'car floor and contain the necessary de.-

`vices for controlling the various electrical devices. 1

Secured to the sides of the car, by means of suitablebrackets h, are four ain-cylinders h and cooperating piston h2. These cylinders are connected by means of suitable pi es 7b3 with the reservoir l, as shown, wiereby compressed air may be admitted above the pistons. The latter operate vertically and each has secured thereto a deending rod h4, 'the lower ends of which. atter are attached to a horizontal platform -J located below the heads CfFig. 4, and

near the rails of the car-track. This plat,- form is held in its normal position, when no pressure is applied to the piston-s, by a series of helical springs 71.5 attached to yokes h secured to the rods h4 respectively, such springs beingsupported from the cars sides lby means of suitable brackets a. and rods al, supported thereby, Figs. 2 and 4. will titi-refers be seen that when pressure is appliedto' the pistons the platformwill be actuated downwardly toward I the track, -and when such pressure is withdrawn, the

springs lwill act-.to return it to its normal position, a suitable relief-valve (not shown) being provided.;.-in each cylinder, as will readily be'understood; to al ow said springs to act. Suitable cocks as hl and h, are provided for controlling the operation of the cylinders and pneumatic chisel. Cut in the platform 'immediately below the head C,

are two openings y', y', Fig. 3, above the two rails respectively of the track. These openings allow the tools on thev heads to .be

brought to bear upon the rails at the desired points, and are of dimensions such as will allow the tools to 'have a certain amount-of playso that the headsmay be given their movements transversely of and parallel with the track in vorder to bring them into they desired position for operating upon the rails.

AUpon the bottomv of the platform- `are secured members for effecting frictional contact with the rails. consist of brake shoes K for sto ping the car or contact brushes K for maliing contact for an electrical recording devicesuch .as is shown and described. in my pending These members may applicationSerial Number 209,115, filed4 May 21,1904; or both. The contact brushes may, as shown in Fig. 4,- be mounted so as to normally be in a' plane below the brake shoes, so that the brushesmay be caused toengrage the rails while the brakeshoes are .out of-contact therewith, and by employing the automatic cut-out' lmechanisnrshown and described in` my pending application, Serial No. 209,116, iiledv May 21, 1904, the car may be subjected to the braking action automatically whenever the voltage at a rail-joint rises above a certain point. In` such casethe cock hl would be 'automatically controlled.

- Attached to the front and rear ends respectively of the platform J, by means of flexible leather connections j, are two guardplates J J which project into the central' yopening in the floor, as lshown in Fig. 4, and

close the openingf,between the platform and licoring, for they protection of the operator'. The front and rear end of the platform are connected directly Vwith the `wheel truck vframe by means of pivoted links Z, Z, Figs.

nection y" between-the platform and the up? right guard-plates J J relieve the latter.

. cock la7 by hand or automaticall) form is lowered so as to cause the brake' from any strain which would otherwise be laced upon them when the brake-shoes are in contact with' the rails.

. In operation the car is transported along the track, and either by mani ulating the the platshoes to engage the rails to stop the car at a point such as to bring the tool-holding head above the rail-pint. The particular tool to be used is t en brought into 'o eration Iat the desired point by moving the ieads in planes parallel with the rails 6r transverse thereto, or both, 'as will be readily under- 15,

spective of the )articular use to which it is` applied, I shall r escribe and claim in a separate-application for U. S. LettersPatent.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctl Y claim as my ivention:-

1.v n apparatus for bonding rails, the combination of a carriage, a transverse shaft mounted thereon, two depending tool-holding heads or frames mounted upon said shaft, each frame ca able of inde endent movement about the s iaftaxis and ongitu- Y dinally the-realong, and means for effecting such movements of each head independently of the other head.

2,. In apparatus for bonding rails, the coinbination of a carriage, a transverse shaft mounted thereon, a. depending tool-holding head journaled and lonvitudinally slidable upon said shaft,I means For xing said head in various angular positions upon said shaft,

and'means for fixing same in various positions longitudinally of said shaft..l

3. In apparatus for bonding rails, the coin- Vbinationof a carriage, 'a transverse shaft mounted thereon, a depending tool-holding. head journaled and longitudinally slidablel upon said shaft, means for fixing said head in various angular positions upon said shaft,

and manually operated means for fixing l same in various positions longitudinally fof said shaft. .Y

4. In -ap aratus for bonding rails, the coni;- bination oiJ-a carriage adapted to be transported along a track,` a horizontal shaft` transversely `mounted in said carriage, and a frame oscillatorily mounted on said shaft and movable therealong, said fraine being ofV segmental form and bearing at its lower end aperforated plate adapted toreceive various tools.

5. In ap aratu's for bonding railsthe com# bination 0F51 car, adependent tool-holderor head mounted on said car and capable of lmovement longitudinally and transversely `of the latter, a frame mounted upon the car and arranged to slide with and in the dlrecltion of the transverse movement of said head, and :means mounted in said fraineengaging said holder for actuating the latter' in the. direction of said longitudinal movement.

6. In apparatus for bonding rails, the combination of a support, a tool-holder or head mounted so as to be capable of movement about an vaxis and lateral movement uponf` said support, and provided with asegniental rack, a frame fixed in the direction of such iirst named movement, slidable inthe. direc-r` tion of said transverse movement; and slidably en aging said tool holder, and means niounte in said frame for engaging'said rack, whereby said holder may be moved upon its axis. i

' Signed by me, this 14th day of December ALBERT B. HERRICK. Attested by E. M. NoRLING, A. E. MERK-EI.. 

